Incredible Warrior Queens Throughout History

Rani Lakshmibai of India

Photo via National Army Museum/Wikipedia

If you mess with a woman’s rightful ownership, then beware. She’s coming for you. Rani Lakshmibai was married to the ruler of Jhansi in Northern India in the 19th-century. Unable to have children, Rani and her husband adopted a son to take over the throne, but when the King died at an early age, the British advanced and tried to take over. The Queen wasn’t about to give up that easily, though.

At the tender age of 22, she gathered her forces to fight against the British, starting a war that carried on for over a year. The British forces heavily outweighed the Queen Regent’s army, and they were defeated. Lakshmibai managed to escape, going on to recover the fortress of Gwailor, but when she marched to confront the British army, she was killed.